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This week we saw the first signs of contagion, albeit tentative, from the impasse in Greece. Spain, where the anti-austerity Podemos party is leading the opinion polls, saw its CDS spreads widen 11bp to 94bp (2003 ISDA definitions), while Italy was 13bp wider at 113bp.
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Substantially high volumes of speculative contracts on the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index and a downsizing of short-term risk positions, predominantly by hedge funds, is displaying increased levels of risk aversion in the equity derivatives market. This comes on the back of volatility stemming from oil and currency markets which has spilled into equity options pricing, according to strategists at Société Générale. -
One of the simplest and most familiar options strategies has struggled in recent years, but in the near-term may be one of the best since the financial crisis.
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Graham Sadler, chief financial officer at BGC Partners in London is retiring and will depart the interdealer broker once a successor is found.
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Investors are increasingly turning their attention to hybrid derivatives in the hunt for yield as single asset class products, particularly in interest rates, fail to produce good enough returns. As a result, market participants are combining FX options with either interest rate or credit instruments.
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Avox has created a series of web-based applications to give market participants faster access to Legal Entity Data including Legal Entity Identifiers themselves, legal names, addresses, industry classifications and corporate hierarchies for over 1.7m entities.
